— In honor of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s fortieth birthday on Wednesday, SI.com has posted 20 rare photos of the collegiate football player-turned-entertainer. — Mick Foley performs stand-up comedy with Rev. Bob Levy tonight at Woolands Tavern in Columbus, Ohio. Event details are available here. — For the first-time ever, WWE.com has added a wrestler…
— With Linda McMahon running for Senate in Connecticut this year, Vince McMahon is once again contemplating a second “Stand Up for WWE” campaign to refute all the negative media coverage he expects his sports entertainment organization to receive. The WWE CEO has told people that the company will be more aggressive toward the persecution…
TNA Wrestling announced Thursday that Brooke Hogan, daughter of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, has joined the organization. Beginning with the May 31 episode of IMPACT WRESTLING on Spike TV, she will serve as the Executive in Charge of the Knockouts division. The following press release was issued: BROOKE HOGAN TO JOIN TNA’S “IMPACT WRESTLING” ON…
As previously reported, there are a lot of mixed feelings in WWE about Monday Night RAW expanding to 3 hours on a permanent basis starting July 23rd. Many are comparing the move to WCW Nitro expanding to 3-hours years ago, a decision Eric Bischoff has publicly stated was the #1 factor behind WCW’s downfall. The…
– As previously reported, former WWE superstar performer Cliff Compton (a/k/a Domino) was at Thursday’s live Impact. We can confirm that former WWE Tough Enough contestant Martin Casaus was also backstage at the show. He wrote on Twitter: “Ill be at @IMPACTWRESTLING tonight for thier first live impact show,” he wrote. “I’ve been hearing a…
– Shelly Martinez appears with “The Movie Guys” at Second City Hollywood (located on 6560 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90028) on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Additional details are available here. – TNA Knockout ODB turns 34 years old Wednesday. – WWE Superstars share their favorite WrestleMania Match of all time and which manager from…
– According to a source within WWE, several company employees believe Chris Jericho was suspended for thirty days due to the act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a Raw live event in São Paulo on May 24 for political reasons. Linda McMahon is campaigning for U.S. Senator of Connecticut and many feel the organization…
— It was announced during RAW that while the Board of Directors looks for a replacement for John Laurinaitis, they are “reaching out to former General Managers” to host the show each week. Mick Foley, who lives locally, was contacted over the weekend to work Monday’s RAW and will also host SmackDown this week. —…
WWE Vintage Collection Report: June 24th 2012 By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reporter Hosted by: Mean Gene Okerlund This week, our fourth and final aerial instalment as Cruiserweight month looks to end on a high (spot) WWE SmackDown: July 8th 2004 Rey Mysterio, Spike Dudley & Scotty 2 Hotty vs Chavo Guerrero, Jamie Noble & Akio Rey…
– We’ve received word from several fans who were at Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas that arena was totally sold out. – The dark main event that took place after SmackDownsaw John Cena defeat Big Show and Dolph Ziggler in a handicap match. Cena won after Show accidentally…